*CFP: **The Successful Stand Alone Geographer*
SAGE Affinity Group Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting 2013 AAG Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, April 9-13, 2013 Are you a Stand-Alone Geographer? We broadly define a Stand-Alone geographer as one whose institution has only 1-3 academic geographers and usually does not have a conventional geography major. Often these geographers serve as the only representatives of their discipline on a given campus, and are accommodated in other units in the university. This may include those who are teaching and conducting research in a variety of settings (i.e. universities, liberal arts colleges, community colleges, branch campuses, and on-line colleges). They may hold a range of positions (i.e. professors, adjunct faculty, instructors, lecturers, librarians, archivists, or administrators). Stand-alone geographers have become a growing and visible part of the AAG and regional AAG meetings, and the SAGE Affinity group seeks to develop papers that cover various elements of the life of a SAGE including, but not limited to: o Creating a Community of Practice (CoP) on campus and/or beyond, CoPs are groups engaged in joint activities, and reproduce themselves over an extended period with new members, o Strategies for growing a geography program, o How to involve undergraduates in geography research, o Being a productive SAGE researcher and writer , o Practicing geography in an un-geography-like environment, o Staving off professional isolation, o Sharing teaching strategies as a SAGE. Papers will be considered for inclusion in a *Successful SAGEs Handbook*, an online publication about surviving and often thriving as a SAGE. This online publication will be developed with assistance from the AAG and will be available for free to all SAGE members. The *Successful SAGEs Handbook*is being designed to contain essays of approximately 3,000 words, including appropriate works cited. Please submit a maximum 250 word abstract to SAGE co-chair Amanda Rees, [email protected] by Friday October 5. ___________________________________________________________ *Dr. Amanda Rees* Assistant Chair, History and Geography Department Associate Professor of Geography Contact: Tel: (706) 507 8358 Fax: (706) 507-8362 E-mail: [email protected] <[email protected]> Web: http://columbusstate.academia.edu/AmandaRees Mailing Address: Department of History and Geography Columbus State University 4225 University Avenue, Columbus, GA 31907, U.S.A. Office Location: 901 Front Avenue Yancey Center at One Arsenal Place Room 352 *Coordinator: Columbus Community Geography Center*<http://history.columbusstate.edu/columbuscommunitygeography.php> **
